Evaluating Information
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Evaluating Information: Pre-Exercise

Not all information may be equally valuable for your particular assignment. Retrieved information must be carefully examined to determine its usefulness and quality. The following exercise will illustrate the importance of evaluating the information you find.
 

You are writing a paper for your college English class on AIDS research and you have found the following information sources. Look at each source below carefully, and determine if it would be appropriate for your assignment.  If appropriate, select "Yes"; otherwise select "No".
z_ip1.jpg (20936 bytes)
This would be an appropriate source for my assignment.
 

Yes
No


 
 

z_ip2.jpg (22527 bytes)
This would be an appropriate source for my assignment.
 

Yes
No


 
 

z_ip3.jpg (36943 bytes)
This would be an appropriate source for my assignment.
 

Yes
No


 
 

z_ip4.jpg (28431 bytes)
This would be an appropriate source for my assignment.
 

Yes
No


 
 

z_ip5.jpg (36307 bytes)
This would be an appropriate source for my assignment.
 

Yes
No


 
 

z_ip6.jpg (26429 bytes)
This would be an appropriate source for my assignment.
 

Yes
No

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